why do people fear death?

[Larry the boss]

I really dont get it...we are all born to die, it is what it is..live and learn and when your time runs out its on to the unknown!!

[GhostofDempsey]

If you love life you don’t want to lose it. If you have people you love you don’t want to leave them behind. At least not before your time. I think most people fear a premature death. Dying in your 30’s is a lot different than dying in your 80’s.

[lparm]

In my opinion it’s because we don’t know what happens when we die that’s why religion is coveted

[DARKSEID]

Because the thought of not existing, for ****ing ever, is terrifying?

I mean that's just one of the possible outcomes, and the most likely one. Who knows what really happens, who knows what death really is, what life really is, what consciousness really is.

[krazyn8tive]

Many different reasons. Fear of the unknown and having a painful death are huge fears for most people. Also like ghostofdempswy said, leaving loved ones behind.

[Willy Wanker]

Because after we die, we can't jack off anymore.

[BoxingFan85]

Many different reasons. Fear of the unknown and having a painful death are huge fears for most people. Also like ghostofdempswy said, leaving loved ones behind.

Because after we die, we can't jack off anymore.

What these guys just said..

[Eff Pandas]

The unknown is some scary sh^t. Half the sh^t humans are scared of is just some sh^t with unknown results/possibilites that they view as likely more negativity than positive despite not knowing that for a fact.

[Vlad_]

Never being again, for billions of trillions of years to come...

[DARKSEID]

Never being again, for billions of trillions of years to come...

Longer bruh. Game over forever. Never experiencing anything again, like you never existed at all. Being nothing.

I don't know enough about the nature of reality to say with certainty that's what it is, but it seems the most likely outcome.